Well, the "old dog" is going to try to learn a new trick: blogging. I hope that this will become a way for me to share what I do with others who are interested: colleagues, parents, students, friends, etc.
I have been a lifelong learner and hope that as a teacher that is what I inspire in my young students. I initially chose to teach kindergarten because I wanted to give students just entering school a positive experience on which they could build and learn to love the process of learning as much as I do. I wanted to be able to mold motivated, excited learners. And where better to find them than in a kindergarten classroom.
Later, I went on to teach a Transitional First grade class for students who just were not ready for first grade, but did not need to repeat a whole year of kindergarten. I believe that all children can learn and my job is never to underestimate their abilities, but to expect each child to do his/her personal best by giving them opportunities in the classroom to develop their own individual capacity of learning and then hold them accountable for doing their personal best.
Education is ever changing and evolving. My students are ever changing with many various strengths and weaknesses; therefore, I must be ever changing and evolving by finding new ways to change and adapt my teaching styles, lesson plans, and activities so that I am confident that my students leave my classroom prepared, knowing that they are somebody special and that they a valued, respected, and very much appreciated.
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